Resource exhaustion in IBM DB2 LUW - CVE-2023-45178

Vulnerability identifier: #VU84377

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-45178

CWE-ID: CWE-400

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly control consumption of internal resources. A remote attacker can trigger resource exhaustion with a specially crafted request and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

IBM DB2 LUW
IBM DB2
IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights
IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager (GKLM)
IBM Intelligent Operations Center
WebSphere Remote Server
IBM Security Verify Governance
IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager
IBM Tivoli Netcool Impact
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM)
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
Db2 Big SQL
IBM OpenPages with Watson
Datacap
dashDB Local
Storage Protect Server
IBM Cloud Pak System

Install updates from vendor's website.

Db2 Big SQL - update to 7.6.8
dashDB Local - update to 11.5.9.0
IBM Cloud Pak System - addressed in versions 2.3.4.1, 2.3.5.0
IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager - update to 6.2.0.5.4
IBM Tivoli Netcool Impact - update to 7.1.0.33
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM) - update to 8.1.4.0.15
Storage Protect Server - update to 8.1.22
IBM DB2 - addressed in versions 11.5.8, 11.5.9
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation - addressed in versions 24.0.0-IF004, 24.0.1-IF001

• https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7087207
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/268073

• Resource exhaustion in IBM Db2
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Storage Protect Server
• Resource exhaustion in IBM Tivoli Netcool Impact
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Application Performance Management
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM OpenPages with Watson
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Tivoli Business Service Manager
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Operations Analytics Predictive Insights
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Security Guardium Key Lifecycle Manager
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM WebSphere Remote Server
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Intelligent Operations Center (IOC)
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Security Verify Governance
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Datacap
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Cloud Pak System
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM dashDB Local
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Big SQL on IBM Cloud Pak for Data